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miss muffet is getting on my nerves

Summary:

Instead of holding Martin hostage in season 1, Jane Prentiss realises something isn't right and starts a group chat. Unfortunately, this causes Problems.

or:
Season 2 of Damn You, Miss Muffet. Now with more worldbuilding, more OCs, and (hopefully) more Mechanisms shenanigans.

Chapter 1: immediate aftermath

Notes:

Happy Wednesday!!!! :D

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

[MISS MUFFET CAN EAT MY WORMS]

 

oh worm? (Corruption) : @NotGraham (Stranger) @Sharpay (Eye) @Clown Bonfire (Eye, Desolation) @Official Archivist (Eye) @MartinKUltra (Lonely, Web)

oh worm? (Corruption) : is everyone okay??

oh worm? (Corruption) : i am so sorry

oh worm? (Corruption) : i dont know what happened to me

oh worm? (Corruption) : one minute i was walking into the tunnels and the next i was in the archives but i dont remember what happened in between

 

NotGraham (Stranger) : Martin and I have spent the better part of the afternoon talking to cops. Not Daisy or Basira, but one of their coworkers.

NotGraham (Stranger) : The better question is if you're alright? The Archivist and Tim Stoker were brought out covered in dead worms.

 

oh worm? (Corruption) : carbon dioxide is bad for my girls

oh worm? (Corruption) : the ones in the archives died when the fire suppression system went off

oh worm? (Corruption) : i wouldve too if it werent for whatever the Archivist said to me

oh worm? (Corruption) : i mean it still hurt a lot but at least i didnt die

 

NotGraham (Stranger) : The Archivist and Tim have been quarantined by the ECDC, and I believe Sasha is sitting in the back of an ambulance. She isn't injured, but she was unconscious when the cops found her in the tunnels.

NotGraham (Stranger) : All Tim told me before we were separated was that something had happened to you and none of the others were able to break me out.

 

guard dog (Hunt) : there aren't a lot of sectioned officers in London anymore. the minute Sira and I get back, we’ll probably be tasked with investigating whatever's going on.

guard dog (Hunt) : by the way, what the fuck is going on over there?

 

NotGraham (Stranger) : Jane?

 

oh worm? (Corruption) : i dont remember much

oh worm? (Corruption) : i hurt jon and tim for some reason, but i dont know why

oh worm? (Corruption) : i think i tried to say something to sasha??

oh worm? (Corruption) : jon asked me questions and i think i started coming back to myself

oh worm? (Corruption) : other than that...

 

NotGraham (Stranger) : All I know from my end is that Jane flooded the Archives with worms, Tim got me out of the table, we ended up separated, I broke Martin and the Archivist out of the Archives, and Martin & I stumbled across a dead body.

 

ollie ollie oxenfree (End) : Graham, did you get hurt at all?

 

NotGraham (Stranger) : Just a bit singed, is all.

NotGraham (Stranger) : Tim destroyed the table by burning it. I was still inside the table when he burnt it.

 

Lunarcide (Slaughter) : Jonny’s fine. Tim made a joke about being itchy and we’ve got to keep him for a bit longer by protocol, but Jonny’s getting his stuff back now.

 

music is broken (Extinction) : i forgot you actually still have a job with how often you don’t go to it.

 

Lunarcide (Slaughter) : They call me for jobs when I’m needed. I just haven’t been needed for a while. Besides, I took medical leave.

Lunarcide (Slaughter) : Anyways, Jonny’s probably going to need a cane, since the worms mostly targeted his left leg and his knee was already fucked up on that side. Tim will more than likely need crutches for a bit, but the worms didn’t get near his joints or anything. I’m not a medical professional though.

Lunarcide (Slaughter) : Clearing out the Archives is going to take a week at most, but Jane, you might want to get the rest of your worms out of the tunnels as fast as possible before we’re sent to clean them out.

Lunarcide (Slaughter) : Also, police will be combing through the tunnels for a while. Due to the dead body Graham and Martin found.

 

Official Archivist (Eye) : I’ve got my phone back.

Official Archivist (Eye) : Oh, so that’s why the police are here.

 

oh worm? (Corruption) : Archivist!

oh worm? (Corruption) : youre alright!

 

Official Archivist (Eye) : I’m glad to know you’ve survived as well.

Official Archivist (Eye) : I don’t see Elias anywhere.

 

NotGraham (Stranger) : I didn’t see him at all on my way from Artefact Storage to the tunnels, so I have no clue where he is.

NotGraham (Stranger) : Jane?

 

oh worm? (Corruption) : i think

oh worm? (Corruption) : i think my girls

oh worm? (Corruption) : some of them werent under the same control i was

oh worm? (Corruption) : he was trying to get to something... i think the secret lair thing lukas was talking about

oh worm? (Corruption) : i know where he is

oh worm? (Corruption) : hes barely conscious

 

Official Archivist (Eye) : But he’s still alive. Damn.

 

guard dog (Hunt) : pity.

 

NotGraham (Stranger) : I think Sasha’s getting her phone back.

 

Lunarcide (Slaughter) : Tim’s being released now.

 

Clown Bonfire (Eye, Desolation) : Note to self: don’t make jokes about itching near people wearing giant hazmat suits.

 

Lunarcide (Slaughter) : Uh huh.

 

Clown Bonfire (Eye, Desolation) : I told you it was a joke!!

 

Lunarcide (Slaughter) : And I told you that we have protocols for a reason.

 

Sharpay (Eye) : Ooh partty time!

 

Clown Bonfire (Eye, Desolation) : Drugs?

 

Sharpay (Eye) : Oxygen deprivation!!!

Sharpay (Eye) : Jane, gthe tunenls made me pass out! Not a good date spot!

Sharpay (Eye) : Emt is giving me funny looks!

 

NotGraham (Stranger) : She’ll be fine in a few minutes.

 

Sharpay (Eye) : Janey, where are you? I miss you

 

oh worm? (Corruption) : jordan can you keep the ecdc off my back so i can bring bouchard up

 

Lunarcide (Slaughter) : I’ll try my best.

 

Clown Bonfire (Eye, Desolation) : Jon i am never going to insult your stupid messenger bag ever again

Clown Bonfire (Eye, Desolation) : my keys, headphones, and medication are still on my desk

 

Sharpay (Eye) : You didn't take that stuff on your lunch break?

 

Clown Bonfire (Eye, Desolation) : i have my wallet and phone on me and i don’t need to drive at noon in central london

 

Sharpay (Eye) : Okay, but your meds?

 

Clown Bonfire (Eye, Desolation) : i forgor :(

Clown Bonfire (Eye, Desolation) : FORGOT I MEANT FORGOT

 

Sharpay (Eye) : forgor

 

guard dog (Hunt) : forgor

 

oh worm? (Corruption) : forgor

 

Clown Bonfire (Eye, Desolation) : oh fuck off

 

Sharpay (Eye) : Anyways!

Sharpay (Eye) : oh what the fuck

 

oh worm? (Corruption) : my girls got him :)

 

Sharpay (Eye) : That is... so disturbing.

 

guard dog (Hunt) : do I even want to know?

 

Lunarcide (Slaughter) : Jane what the fuck.

 

oh worm? (Corruption) : my worms dont like him

 

Official Archivist (Eye) : Jane, did you know that some of your worms have the ability to align with different entities ? Because I didn't! Not until right now!

 

oh worm? (Corruption) : yea that explains some stuff

oh worm? (Corruption) : oh oops

 

Lunarcide (Slaughter) : Jonny, do you need help?

 

Official Archivist (Eye) : No, I just need to vomit the rest of my breakfast and I’ll be good.

 

guard dog (Hunt) : seriously, what's happening?

 

Sharpay (Eye) : Elias is mostly holes now. He is just

Sharpay (Eye) : There are holes everywhere.

 

NotGraham (Stranger) : Time to talk to the cops, I suppose. Wish me luck.

 

MartinKUltra (Lonely, Web) : Gertrude Robinson, shot three times to the chest, has been in the tunnels for a long time, i managed to hide the tapes in the room, best guess is elias but elias is currently worms ok got it.

 

Sharpay (Eye) : ???????

 

MartinKUltra (Lonely, Web) : Sorry, I needed to get all my thoughts somewhere physical.

MartinKUltra (Lonely, Web) : That was stressful.

 

Clown Bonfire (Eye, Desolation) : MARTO!

 

MartinKUltra (Lonely, Web) : Hello, Tim.

 

Clown Bonfire (Eye, Desolation) : (if i’m annoying you you can tell me)

 

MartinKUltra (Lonely, Web) : (i thought i was playing along?)

 

Clown Bonfire (Eye, Desolation) : (oh! got it!)

 

Labyrinth Hawaii II (Spiral) : the One day I leave early...

 

Official Archivist (Eye) : I shared a similar sentiment when it all happened. Interesting, how things turn out.

 

Labyrinth Hawaii II (Spiral) : Indeed.

Labyrinth Hawaii II (Spiral) : Does anyone need help?

 

oh worm? (Corruption) : if the hazmat suits dont stop trying to prod at me i will start screaming

oh worm? (Corruption) : i cant leave tho because jordan promised he will protect me

 

Bookburner (End, Eye) : What the hell is happening in the Archives?

 

Labyrinth Hawaii II (Spiral) : It seems annabelle cane decided that her lack of information was... bothersome

 

oh worm? (Corruption) : do you know if shes the one who was controlling me?????

 

Labyrinth Hawaii II (Spiral) : it would make sense, would it not?

 

Bookburner (End, Eye) : Do I need to speed things up getting back to the uk?

 

Official Archivist (Eye) : I don’t quite think so. Take as much time as you’d like.

 

Clown Bonfire (Eye, Desolation) : [photo id: selfie taken by tim. he and sasha sit together on the curb, the taped-off institute behind them. tim has both square and thin bandages covering his face and is holding up a peace sign. sasha has her phone in her lap. she is looking up at the camera with a shy smile. end id.]

 

MartinKUltra (Lonely, Web) : [photo id: selfie taken by martin. he is smiling at the camera. behind him is jon, who is covered in bandages similar to tim’s. he is leaning mostly on a crutch, scowling at his phone and texting furiously with one hand. the screen can’t be seen due to the angle. end id.]

 

Official Archivist (Eye) : Really.

 

MartinKUltra (Lonely, Web) : You look cute when you’re angry!

 

Official Archivist (Eye) : !!!

 

music is broken (Extinction) : oh we’re doing this now?

music is broken (Extinction) : [photo id: selfie taken by nastya in her living room. she looks tired. behind her on the floor is levi, who has calliope in his lap. he’s looking straight at the camera, though his eyes reflect the light like a cat’s. calliope is asleep. end id.]

music is broken (Extinction) : oh I didn’t see his eyes in the pic. that’s creepy

 

guard dog (Hunt) : [photo id: selfie taken by daisy. she’s in a car passenger seat. she’s grinning widely. driving the car is basira, who looks annoyed. her lips are slightly turned up, though, like she’s trying to hide her smile. neither of them is in-uniform at the moment. end id.]

 

WingFucker (Vast) : [photo id: selfie taken by lyfrassir. they’re laying in raphi’s lap. they’re both smiling, but their eyes are rimmed with red and have bags under them. raphi’s hair is in a braid resting on her shoulder. they have matching necklaces, the charms being a pair of angel wings. end id.]

 

oh worm? (Corruption) : [photo id: selfie taken by jane. aside from the many holes in her body, most of which have been bandaged, she looks like she hasn’t eaten or slept in a long time. behind her is jordan in full hazmat suit, though the hood has been pulled down. he seems to have contacts in and makeup covering the blackened scars around his eyes, but sweat has wiped some of the makeup away. end id.]

 

Lunarcide (Slaughter) : Oh that’s why you did that.

 

Official Archivist (Eye) : Elias has been taken away in an ambulance. Good riddance, good day.

Official Archivist (Eye) : Though, I wasn’t able to see the extent of the damage beyond just... worm. holes.

 

Lunarcide (Slaughter) : Yeah, most of his chest collapsed from worm damage, his right leg will no longer be usable without a goddamn miracle, and a good portion of the left half of his face was chewed through. If he survives this, I might have to go back to church.

 

Official Archivist (Eye) : Oh, don’t do that. Especially not for him .

 

Lunarcide (Slaughter) : Good point.


[What the Georgie? -> dville-vangellis]

 

What the Georgie? : I need you to be so for real with me

What the Georgie? : How are you feeling right now?

 

dville-vangellis : I am in a lot of pain, but that’s hardly new. Jordan has been driving himself mad trying to clean my flat to his standards. Jane keeps apologising even though I have repeatedly told her that I don’t blame her for what happened today. Martin is trying to make me sleep, but my thoughts won’t stop.

 

What the Georgie? : Are you just having a party in your flat or something?

What the Georgie? : it isn’t that big

 

dville-vangellis : Oh, no, Jane’s just texting me.

 

What the Georgie? : and Martin??? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

dville-vangellis : We’re dating now.

dville-vangellis : I think.

dville-vangellis : I mean, we kissed and we haven’t exactly said “I love you” yet, but we did confess that we didn’t want to be without each other, at least, not in those words exactly.

dville-vangellis : Georgie?

 

What the Georgie? : You’re with him right now?

 

dville-vangellis : Yes?

 

What the Georgie? : Call me!

What the Georgie? : Now!!!


[leviathan -> GunpowderJ]

 

leviathan : And you’re sure you’re good?

 

GunpowderJ : I’m fine, Levi. I wasn’t even there when it happened.

 

leviathan : I know, it’s just

leviathan : I’m scared.

leviathan : Last time you were hurt, I couldn’t protect you.

 

GunpowderJ : Hey, it’s not your job to protect me! I’m the older brother here!

 

leviathan : Jay.

 

GunpowderJ : I know.

GunpowderJ : I’m sorry.

GunpowderJ : God, this is a mess.

 

leviathan : Yeah. You shouldn’t apologise, though. It’s not your fault.

 

GunpowderJ : It feels like it is.

GunpowderJ : I mean, logically I know that this was probably going to happen no matter what, but the feeling’s still there.

 

leviathan : Logic doesn’t seem to like us, though.

 

GunpowderJ : You’ve got that right.

GunpowderJ : I wish this was all just a really fucked up nightmare.

 

leviathan : A weird, collaborative lucid dream that refuses to go off-script lol

 

GunpowderJ : You and your lucid dreaming!

 

leviathan : It’s a fun topic!

 

GunpowderJ : To you!

 

leviathan : And?!


[iATEmyTWIN -> oh worm?]

 

iATEmyTWIN : I have it on good authority that a certain someone is getting annoyed by constant texts~

 

oh worm? : i feel bad okay

 

iATEmyTWIN : There’s no reason why you should

 

oh worm? : i attacked the archives??

 

iATEmyTWIN : We’ve established that you weren’t in control of yourself.

iATEmyTWIN : This whole situation reeks of a webby little influence

iATEmyTWIN : you care for Sasha, don’t you.

 

oh worm? : shes my girlfriend and i nearly hurt her

oh worm? : i dont want to lose control and hurt her for real

 

iATEmyTWIN : And the Archivist?

 

oh worm? : we were starting to be friends

oh worm? : actual friends!

 

iATEmyTWIN : He forgives you, Jane. He blames Bouchard and he blames Annabelle, but he does not blame you.

 

oh worm? : how do you know that

 

iATEmyTWIN : Because I have eyes, my friend. You shouldn’t trouble yourself any longer. You weren’t in control of yourself. Rest, please.

iATEmyTWIN : I can and will ask Oliver to make sure you sleep.

 

oh worm? : you dont need to do that

 

iATEmyTWIN : Of course I don’t, because you will be resting tonight.

 

oh worm? : fine

oh worm? : michael?

 

iATEmyTWIN : Hm?

 

oh worm? : thank you

oh worm? : for everything

 

iATEmyTWIN : No problem, Jane.

iATEmyTWIN : You are my friend. My friends are very dear to me.

iATEmyTWIN : Sleep well.


[Girls girls Girls]

 

Oldest Sister has added What the Georgie? to the chat.

Oldest Sister has changed What the Georgie? ‘s name to Ghost Aunt

 

Older Sister : I forgot to do this earlier.

 

Ghost Aunt : another chat?

 

Oldest Sister : girls chat.)

 

Ghost Aunt : Oh, hi Nastya.

 

Oldest Sister : So far it’s been relationship problems and pictures of cute things.

Oldest Sister : scroll up enough and there’s a whole chunk of Calliope pictures somewhere between me and TS.

 

Church Aunt : We all have some female familial title based on arbitrary “vibes” from Nastya.

Church Aunt : I believe mine might be self-explanatory.

 

Ghost Aunt : Manuela, right?

 

Church Aunt : Indeed.

 

Knife Aunt : i approve of this. Sira does not, and that makes it funnier.

 

Ghost Aunt : Daisy?

 

Knife Aunt : yea!

 

Ghost Aunt : why are there so many different chats?

 

Oldest Sister : why not!))))

 

Ghost Aunt : why do I keep getting pulled into chaos?

 

Oldest Sister : Jonny Effect!))

 

Bird Mum : It’s a rather potent thing!


[mkblackwood -> TimStonks, SplishSplashSash]

 

mkblackwood : How are you guys doing?

 

TimStonks : no Jon?

 

mkblackwood : He’s on the phone with Nikki and I don’t want to distract him. She’s been so occupied lately that I don’t want to interrupt them.

 

SplishSplashSash : Drained, mostly. I keep getting lightheaded and I have no idea what’s causing it.

 

TimStonks : Danny’s sleeping on my floor because he’s terrified I’ll wake up in the middle of the night deathly sick

TimStonks : but i’m mostly okay

TimStonks : Insomnia’s kicking my arse as per usual

 

SplishSplashSash : What about you, Martin?

SplishSplashSash : How are you doing?

 

mkblackwood : Walking still hurts a bit, but nowhere near as badly as Jon or Tim, I bet.

mkblackwood : I keep worrying about Jon, actually. He’s pretending that he’s fine, but I know he isn’t. I technically could force him to be honest with me, but...

 

SplishSplashSash : Martin, focus, you. Not Jon right now. How are you?

 

mkblackwood : Fucking stressed. Mum’s health is declining, Peter’s weirdly hovering, and I can’t stop thinking about Gertrude’s body. She was shot. She wasn’t killed by some fear entity, she was fucking shot. I guarantee that it was Elias, it can’t be anyone else, but it’s not like I have any proof of it! She was just lying there, for months if not ever since she went missing , and no one knew about the tunnels until today, let alone that she was down there!

mkblackwood : Peter already confirmed a while ago that Elias is plotting something with Jon, and if it’s murder than Elias can go fuck himself.

mkblackwood : But now I’m thinking about what all the “marks” are. No one has been clear about it. Even Gerard, Alexis, and Jane, who seem to know so much about this stuff, haven’t actually explained what it means to be “marked”.

mkblackwood : “bouchard made it clear to me that he didnt want me to tell any of the assistants about the fears/powers/avatars/marks/whatever”

mkblackwood : That’s what Jane said at the beginning of the chat. She still hasn’t explained what that means. Also, she sort of implied that I was “the Webs next Weaver” whatever that means, and hasn’t explained it at all!

mkblackwood : From Alexis: “All I know is that something happened and marked you with something that is decidedly NOT an End mark. It looks closest to End, but also almost like Stranger, yet it isn't either of them”

mkblackwood : So I guess he can see marks or something?!?!?!

 

SplishSplashSash : Actually, I might know something about the Weaver thing.

 

mkblackwood : Share, please.

 

SplishSplashSash : When Jane was possessed and I was shoving Tim out of the Archives, Jane said something about a Broken Weaver and a Lonely Weaver. Then “The Broken Weaver sends her regards,” I think. You’re part of both the Web and the Lonely, so...

 

mkblackwood : So what does that mean? I’m “The Lonely Weaver”. Great. What now?

 

TimStonks : Jon is “The Archivist”, right? Like, that’s what everyone keeps calling him.

 

SplishSplashSash : It seems that some fear-related people have titles? Jane’s worms said something about a “Blinded Pupil” a while ago. That might be Elias?

 

TimStonks : I swear someone called Michael “The Distortion” at some point, and Gerry’s title thing is Bookburner. idk if Breekon & Hope have the title of “The Couriers” but it wouldnt surprise me

 

SplishSplashSash : And I think Gerry said having a mark means that an entity “laid its claim” on you? But that isn’t clear either.

 

mkblackwood : Great. Also, I guess titles are just things avatars know about no matter their alignment? This is all complete rubbish.

 

SplishSplashSash : Why don’t we put this on hold and talk about it later? We’re going to start conspiracy theorising in circles, which achieves nothing.

 

mkblackwood : Right. Yeah. Good idea.

 

TimStonks : Why don’t we talk about you and Jon’s little smooch sesh in Document Storace?

 

SplishSplashSash : Storace

 

mkblackwood : Storace

 

TimStonks : fuck off, you know what I meant!!!!

 

mkblackwood : It wasn’t a smooch sesh. He kissed me once and we held each other a bit, that’s all.

 

SplishSplashSash : ...

 

mkblackwood : ᵃⁿᵈ ᶦ ᵏᶦⁿᵈ ᵒᶠ ˢᵒʳᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗᵒˡᵈ ʰᶦᵐ ᶦ ᵈᶦᵈⁿᵗ ʷᵃⁿᵗ ᵗᵒ ˡᵉᵃᵛᵉ ʰᶦᵐ ᵉᵛᵉʳ

 

TimStonks : wow.

 

SplishSplashSash : Martin, honey...

 

mkblackwood : We were having a moment, okay?! A very vulnerable moment!

 

TimStonks : I honestly thought you’d take longer to confess.

 

mkblackwood : TIM!

 

TimStonks : I’ll have you know that you both are so damn obvious.

 

SplishSplashSash : It took a while to figure out who you liked, mostly because Jon used to be such a prick, but there was one time when you were with Peter and he was pretty distracted.

 

mkblackwood : Distracted how?

 

SplishSplashSash : Pining, Martin. You weren’t there and he was a pining loser.

 

TimStonks : he couldnt get through a single statement without mentioning you. those tapes were horrendus to listen to afterwards

 

SplishSplashSash : horrendus

 

TimStonks : I am Tired and in Pain, Sasha. Give me a break, please

 

SplishSplashSash : Alright, alright!

 

mkblackwood : If you’re tired, you should go to bed

 

TimStonks : I am in bed. :)

 

mkblackwood : Try to sleep? You’ll heal faster? Please?

 

TimStonks : Fiiiiiinnnnneeeeeee

TimStonks : But only because you said please!~

 

SplishSplashSash : Ridiculous man.

 

TimStonks : You love me! Nighty night!

 

SplishSplashSash : Martin, tell Jon we said goodnight?

 

mkblackwood : Will do. Have a good night, both of you!


[CLICK]

 

ARCHIVIST

Oh? Hello. Where’ve you come from? Why’ve you turned on? (Pause.) I’m just sitting here, in my bed. No statements to give, no sudden worm attacks... (Shuffling of sheets.) No spiders, either. I mean, Michael told me that Annabelle just moves these tape recorders around. I don’t suppose it happened to forget to inform me that she can still turn them on remotely?

 

(. . .)

 

You’re right, that’s just ridiculous. (Pause. Then, cautiously,) It isn’t Elias listening in, is it?

[An odd, almost angry clicking sound comes from the tape recorder.]

Ah! Right, guess not. (He sighs.) Whoever’s listening, I hope you don’t intend to cause me or my friends harm. We’ve apparently got enough to worry about as it is.

 

(. . .)

 

Are you here because I haven’t been in the Archives for a bit? (Pause.) It’s only been three days. Though, I feel like I should go back soon. It feels... I’ve felt more tired since the attack on the Institute.

 

(. . .)

 

The building is technically still under quarantine and taped off by the police, but- (Sardonically,) Well, it’s the Magnus Institute. Daisy’s said before that even Sectioned officers don’t like dealing with it longer than strictly necessary. (Pause.) I know that Tim was there yesterday to get his medication, Danny went with him to make sure he’d be alright, and Sasha was there two days ago to get her laptop, which was thankfully tucked away in her desk drawer. She informed the rest of us that nothing was broken or ruined in the Archives other than the carpet...

 

(. . .)

 

Jane’s been doing better. The ECDC tried to patch her up- I assume Jordan tried to tell them that she isn’t in danger of her worms turning on her. Oliver has kept the group chat updated on her health at Michael’s insistence. She’s been eating actual food again, which is always an improvement, and has mostly been sleeping through the night. She admitted to having nightmares this morning, so Sasha is staying with her and Oliver for the night, just to see if it helps. I’m glad no one is alone in this.

[Jon’s phone pings.]

Hm? (He huffs out a laugh.) Speaking of. Jane just texted me a photo of the three of them. It seems some of her holes have already begun to scar over. I worry about what that means for her worms, but she looks happier.

 

(. . .)

 

Raphi and Mike seem to have some sort of ongoing rivalry. She keeps asking him to test some stuff with the Vast and Mike is slightly terrified of her. Mike then tries to prank her, which she retaliates with her feathers, which he then sends her into the Vast for. I... (Sudden realisation.) I think she’s doing it on purpose. If I didn’t already Know she was committed to Marius and Lyf, it would come across as flirting. I think she just finds it fun. What an interesting thought...

 

(. . .)

 

Is there anything you’re looking for, exactly? Should I talk about my feelings? Do you want me to update you on myself?

 

[Jon pauses, intending to say something else, but a bright flash of light fills the room. Jon yelps in surprise. A thud is heard.]

 

MARIUS

(He has obviously been drugged. Whining,) Ooh~ That hurt.

 

ARCHIVIST

(Shrilly) Marius?!

 

MARIUS

Huh? Jonny! Hey!

 

[Jon tries to get out of bed to help Marius up off the floor, but the pain from his worm injuries flares and he collapses too.]

 

ARCHIVIST

Ow. Marius, are you alright?

 

MARIUS

Hm? Oh yeah! Yeah, I’m alright! How are you?

 

ARCHIVIST

Unimportant. (Static rises.) What did The Doctor do to you?

 

MARIUS

Replaced my arm! The tremors have stopped on that side! Can’t imagine why though!

 

ARCHIVIST

(Under his breath) Oh my god, you’re so high. (Normal volume) I’ve got to tell the others.

 

MARIUS

Sure! Go ahead! Tell them what?

 

ARCHIVIST

Good lord...

 

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Notes:

song of the day is Lotus-Eaters by Jessica Law